Natural Radiation Hormesis The BioPositive Effects of Naturally Occuring O ccuring Nuclear Radiation (Note that this effect is observed only for low level nuclear, cosmic and x-ray radiation) radiation )
Historical and Modern Approaches Nobel Prize Winners and Pioneers in Radiation Before WW1
Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 (1867 – 1934) 1934) Pierre Curie (1859 – 1906)
In 1903, the discoverer of the electron, J.J. Thompson found radioactivity radioactivity in well water. water. Worldwide within a year it was discovered that each and every famous healing hot spring was also radioactive.
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Click Here to hear CBC Radio Show Quirks and Quarks about Radiation Hormesis Research Paper (2000) Showing Cancer Cured with Low Dose Radiation in France and Japan. Jerry M. Cuttler DSc., Cuttler & Associates Inc., Inc. , Myron Pollycove MD, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, James S. Welsh MD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
The LNT Myth and low level radiation harmlessness (Extensive Scientific refutation of the concept that low level radiation causes cancer by B. Cohen 2008 ) © Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (September 22, 2008)
Historical Perspective Hormesis: Implications Implication s for Low-Dose Cancer Risk Assessment http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889502/ © 2010 University of Massachusetts
The Truth Truth About the Health Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/nuclear.html © 2005 21st Century Science Associates. All rights reserved. reserved. Summer Issue 2000
History, Theory & Medical Applications The History of Radioactive Hot Spring Healing Spas The idea that certain springs have miraculous healing power is not a new one. For thousands of years, the sick have journeyed long distances seeking cures at the waters of Bath in England, Badgastein in Austria, in Japan, Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, USA, Canada Canada and countless other healing hot springs worldwide. Many if not all of of these hot springs are are still in operation today. The ancient springs-town of Ikaria was buried after a landslide. It was on a peninsula 300 meters east of where Therma is
today. As the findings prove, there was a settlement and organized facilities for the bathers about 2500 years ago. Today all that survive are ruins of a small part that remained on the surface and some buildings dating from the Roman Period. The island inhabitants are being studied right now by a team of researchers who are trying to determine what lifestyle factors have left 30% of the island residents over the age of 90. The ancient springs are still very popular with the inhabitants and most of the old timers visit the spring monthly. If radiation were as hazardous as many people believe, why would the island with the highest percentage of people 90 years of age and older be the one. The residents bathe regularly in radioactive hot spring water. Good food and lifestyles are important too and the island foods are being studied by scientists. The residents are noted for their very low occurance of all diseases as well as their very long average lifespan. In the United States, the most famous curative waters are those at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Indeed, the properties of these waters have been valued so highly that in 1832 Congress established the Arkansas Hot Springs as the first federal reservation, a forerunner of the national park system. Even the military recognized the importance of these waters and established the Army and Navy General Hospital there in 1879. At first, personnel undergoing treatment were required to lie in tubs of water that was pumped in directly from the springs. However, the 140-degree temperatures generated grumbling from patients who did not appreciate what was good for them. In response, cooling towers were installed to reduce the temperature. In Canada Radium Hot Springs is a village of approximately 800 people situated in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. The village is named for the hot springs located in the nearby Kootenay National Park. From Banff, Alberta, it is accessible via Highway 93. The Radium hot springs were named after the radioactive element when an analysis of the water showed that it contained small traces of radon which is a decay product of radium. The radiation dosage from bathing in the pools is inconsequential; approximately .13mrem from the water for a half-hour bathing. The air concentration of radon is about 23pCi/L which is higher than the level (4pCI/L) at which mitigation is necessary at residences; but is also inconsequential (about .7mrem for a half-hour bathing) from a dose impact perspective. Canada also has Harrison Hot Springs near Vancouver which does not speak of the levels of radon but is known to have low levels, as do all hot springs. In 1903, the discoverer of the electron, J.J. Thompson, wrote a letter to the journal Nature in which he described another remarkable discovery of his, the presence of radioactivity in well water. This led to the discovery by others that the waters in many of the world's most famous health springs were also radioactive. This radioactivity is due to the presence of radium emanation - what we now call radon gas - produced by the radium that is present in the ground through which the waters flow. Who could doubt that it must be the radioactivity that was responsible for the curative properties of the health springs? Certainly not Surgeon Gen eral Dr. George H. Torney, who wrote (ca. 1910) that "Relief may be reasonably expected at the Hot Springs in . . . various forms of gout and rheumatism, neuralgia; metallic or malarial poisoning, chronic Brights disease, gastric dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, chronic skin lesions, etc." Further details were provided by Dr. C.G. Davis, who noted in the American Journal of Clinical Medicine that "Radioactivity prevents insanity, rouses noble emotions, retards old age, and creates a splendid youthful joyous life." Professor Bertram Boltwood of Yale explained the scientific basis for the cures in the following way: The radioactivity was "carrying electrical energy into the depths of the body and there subjecting the juices, protoplasm, and nuclei of the cells to an immediate bombardment by explosions of electrical atoms," and that it stimulated "cell activity, arousing all secretory and excretory organs . . . causing the system to throw off waste products," and that it was "an agent for the destruction of bacteria." Radon was believed to be so important to water that it was considered its life element. Without it, water was dead. Radon was to water what oxygen was to air. Now that turn-of-the-century in 1900 science had an explanation for the curative properties of the springs, the health spas and resorts associated with them began to do a booming business. Names were changed to include the magic terms radioactive or radium. Visitors came from near and far to soak in the waters and inhale the air. Marble palaces (still open for business) were built over the springs in Joachimstal in what is now the Czech Republic, and luxurious spas sprouted like weeds in hot springs worldwide. North America does not mention the radioactivity of its healing hot springs anymore, but people still use them.
Worldwide Modern Medical Associations' Use of Radioactive Healing Hot Springs Germany, Poland, Japan, Austria, Russia, Greece, Czech Republic an d many European states offer through their official medical plans a chance to be healed through the radioactive hot springs. European studies speak of the function of radiation in the healing process. Unfortunately the cold war based fear of radiation has made this branch of medicine disappear in North America.
Radiation Hormesis Definition Radiation Hormesis refers to the positive effects of low levels of nuclear radiation on living organisms. The keyword here is "low" level . We all know from Hiroshima and Nagasaki that nuclear radiation in large amounts will kill and produce cancer at ground zero. Low level radiation refers to the levels of radiation produced by natural uranium and thorium ores contained in the Earth's rocks. Alpha, Beta and Gamma waves are given off by these ores. We have evolved for millions of years to become immune to these low levels of nuclear radiation. The effects of low level nuclear radiation from 1880s to 1980 were studied by Dr. T. D. Luckey who published the first book on
the subject in 1981 called Radiation Hormesis. In over 1,250 studies he found during the 20th century it was determined that low levels of nuclear radiation were at least harmless. In some 70% of the experiments it produced positive effects such as increased growth rate for plants and also a reduction in the rate of cancer in lab animals. Just after WW1 experimental work showed that solid cancers would sometimes disappear following exposure to low level X ray radiation. It appeared to boost the body's immunity to both infectious diseases and cancer. All research with animals has shown an increase in lifespan. Studies of a number of highly radioactive Thorium based sand beaches, some in India and some in South America has shown that there are 30% fewer cancers and 20% fewer genetic mutations in these areas of the world. These areas are between 200 to 1000 times more radioactive than most cities.
Hiroshima Data Shows Protection from Cancer for Low Doses The most surprising demonstration of Radiation Hormesis was observed in Japan over the last 65 years. For those who were bombed in the Second World War in Hiroshima by the atomic bomb, those that did not get directly hit or killed by the heat wave show protection from cancer! Here is the curve of radiation dose received vs the incidence of leukemia.
Note that the dotted line indicates the average incidence of leukemia seen in most normal radiation levels. You will observe in the graph at approximately 1/20 Gray (5 centi-Gray radiation strength) the incidence of this cancer is way below normal! This is what Radiation Hormesis is all about ... the positive effects of low level nuclear radiation. In addition continuing studies of survivors show an exceptionally long life for many survivors. It is also important to note that among the people who received a low dose of radiation the incidence of genetic mutations was below normal and so was the incidence of cancer. This goes against everything we were taught about radiation. So why officially do we exaggerate the danger?
Why Does Nuclear Radiation Hormesis work? By the year 2000 the DNA repair function of the body began to be understood. Cells can repair DNA damage such as is caused by nuclear radiation. The human body is found to carry out up to 1,000,000 DNA repairs each day of our life since we were born. These errors are caused by the strong chemical processes going on in the body. Exposure to low levels of naturally occurring radiation typically accounts for 10 errors / hour or less. Thus it is very easy for the body to repair nuclear radiation induced errors to the DNA code. When the body experiences minor damage from nuclear radiation it responds by increasing the DNA repair activity by hundreds of percent. These same DNA errors could produce genetic mutations or cancers if they were not repaired. Immunity to viral and bacterial infection is also improved. Lifepan can be increase slightly. This website will include references to the original science papers for those that wish to read the research themselves.
Nobel Prize Winner Lied About Radiation Danger Why Do People Believe That All Nuclear Radiation is Harmful today? News from 2011 Nobel prize winner Hermann Muller knowingly lied when he claimed in 1946 that there is no safe level of radiation exposure, a new study asserts. This led to the Linear No Threashold model for radiation that states "there is no safe level of nuclear radiation"' UMass researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by 1946 Nobel Laureate. AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental toxicologist Edward Calabrese, whose career research shows that low doses of some chemicals and radiation are benign or even helpful, says he has uncovered evidence that one of the fathers of radiation genetics, Nobel Prize winner Hermann Muller, knowingly lied when he claimed in 1946 that there is no safe level of radiation exposure. Calabrese’s interpretation of this history is s upported by letters and other mat erials he has retrieved, many from formerly classified files. He published key excerpts this month in Archives of Toxicology and Environmental and Molecular
Mutagenesis. Muller was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery that X-rays induce genetic mutations. He experimented between 1927 and 1946, working his way down from high levels of radiation in 1927 to the very lowest levels by 1945. His low level radiation experiments showed LESS mutations than would occur at even lower normal background radiation. He was astounded to see this. In collaboration with other scientists concerned over the dangers of atomic testing they agreed to not mention the harmlessness of low level radiation. Muller’s intentions were good, Calabrese points out, but his decision not to mention key scientific evidence showing a positive effect has had a far-reaching impact on our approach to regulating radiation and chemical exposure. It led directly to an extreme fear of radiation by the public worldwide. It also lead to the dismissal by the scientific community of the healing effects of radiation. A few leading scientists like Calabrese and Luckey refused to abandon their research on Radiation Hormesis. These positive effects of nuclear radiation were hidden by a number of key scientists for political reasons. It was not until Dr. T D Luckey published his Radiation Hormesis book in 1981 that serious study of the subject was restarted after a break of nearly half a century. Political propaganda seriously affected the advancement of science and it has been very difficult to do low level radiation research since 1960.
The Principle of Hormesis in General Hormesis refers to the positive effect of poisons when delivered in very low doses. The 20th century had a primitive way of classifying things into either poisonous or non-poisonous categories. It has been well known for centuries that "The dose makes the poison" To quote Dr. T D Luckey ... The Paracelsus paradigm, “the dose is everything,” is ageless. This many-splendored view of the history of hormology highlights my contributions. The more succinct statement of Dr. R. Arndt of the Psychology Department of the University of Greifswald is paraphrased: “unusually low doses of a toxicant should be beneficial” (Schulz, 1918). The concept that small doses of poisons are stimulatory was verified experimentally by Dr. H. Schulz (1888) (Pharmacology Department, University of Greifswald) with mercury, chromium, arsenic and iodine in yeast cultures. This established the Arndt-Shultz law, generalized and paraphrased: sufficiently diluted toxicants should have a beneficial effect on the organism. In Sept. 1979, I visited the campus and was keynote lecturer at the II Symposium of Gastrointestinale Mikroflora des Menchen, Greifswald, DDR.
Applied to Nuclear Radiation, hormesis refers to the non lethal, health enhancing effects observed to happen when low levels of nuclear radiation are present. One of the first studies in radiobiology (1898) found that X-irradiated algae grew f aster than unirradiated control groups. Stimulated growth was noted in trees (1908) and increased life span in invertebrates (1918) and insects (1919). X-Rays stimulated seedlings (1927), plant growth (1937), along with guinea pigs, rabbits and mice (1940's). Increased life span was the rule in low dose irradiated rats, dogs, and even house flies (1950's). In a 1981 monograph (CRC Press), T. Luckey revived the term "hormesis," but this time with ionizing radiation and backed it up with a review of over 1250 articles from 85 years of experimental biology.
The History of the Radiation Hormesis Health Industry Just after 1900 it was observed that all the healing hot springs in the world were slightly radioactive. There are springs in Poland, Germany, Austria, Greece, Russia and in fact in most European countries as well as Japan and China that have been used for literally thousands of years to cure the effects of arthritis. In Europe today these same springs are used by the medical professions to treat arthritis. The reason it works is radiation hormesis and the radioactive element in all these springs was found to be mostly radon gas. Is radon gas a healer or a threat? It certainly can be a healer for arthritis. The question of its danger in basements is debated in the scientific community. In 1912 a product called the Revigator was created. It was a water jug with uranium ore built into the clay material it was made from. The idea was to fill it with water the night before and drink water from it the next day so that radon could enter the body to help with arthritis. This was the very first radiation hormesis device from the early 20th century.
The Revigator Patented 1912 The Revigator is regarded on the internet as being the ultimate quack medical device. There are amusing websites which quote the original instruction manual ... Now you can have all the radioactive water you can drink in the convenience of your own home!
We laughed about the revigator from 1950 onwards but in reality it was a possibly useful radiation hormesis tool. Unfortunately some of them used poor quality uranium ore that was high in arsenic ... not much, but enough to possibly counteract the hormesis effect. If the water was used for bathing, rather than drinking, this devices was excellent at replicating healing hot spring water! This first radiation therapy device was based on low level radiation. The ore selected for the Revigator was somewhat high in several heavy metals such as arsenic, vanadium and lead. There were benefits for many but for some people the presence of these heavy metals was not good for health. I do not drink it but I use a revigator in my own bathroom to generate bathtub water ... eliminating the need to visit the nearest radon hot spring resort to deal with my arthritis. Most therapeutic hot springs should not be consumed by drinking due to measurable toxic levels of metallic minerals. I am 62 years old and have not found any satisfactory treatment for my arthritis in Western Medicine since I was 20. I do have some luck with a glucosamine hcl supplement that improves lubrication of the joints. With radon spa treatments in my own home I am dancing again many weekends. It works well for me and I understand how popular a treatment it must be in Europe.
Modern Revigator Designs A similar device is in use today made by a Colorado Medicine Man Jay Gutierrez of Night Hawk minerals. He simply uses a small piece of carefully selected uranium ore (low in arsenic, lead etc.) that you put in a gallon jug of water overnight ... and you drink it the next day. Several thousand people are using this new version of the revigator and it seems to work. He has been using radiation hormesis for about 20 years and has invented a number of low level naturally radioactive tools to improve health. Many other products followed, most based on radon gas generation. These products proved to be useful and quite harmless but a competition started about 1930 to see who could produce the most radioactive medicine! It led to a major disaster that ended the industry. The industry forgot the basic definition of a poison ... the poison is in the dose! Even table salt is poisonous if taken in sufficient quantities. The revigator would never kill. Over 300,000 revigators were sold and there are no reports at all of
anyone being harmed. We would not drink such water these days since more is known about heavy metals such as lead. The early radiation hormesis devices were relatively harmless. Then the competition started to see whose medicine was the strongest. Radithor won the contest!
Tragic End to the Early 20th Century Radiation Medicine Industry From 1920 to 1930 a competition was underway to see who could produce the most radioactive home remedy. The winner (unfortunately) was Radithor, a bottle containing a microgram of radium which is a very powerful radioactive element. Several famous and rich people who could afford to purchase it in large quantities died horrible deaths from radiation poisoning. The industry mostly had ended by 1950.
Prior to being emptied, the bottle pictured at left contained one-half ounce of Radithor, i.e., triple distilled water guaranteed to contain at least 1 microcurie each of Ra-226 and Ra-228. The manufacturer of the product, Bailey Radium Laboratories of East Orange, New Jersey, offered $1,000 to anyone who could prove the product contained less than the stated amount. No one ever did. It was USA government certified! Another of the company's guarantees, that "Radithor is harmless in every respect," proved false. Radithor is one of the few radioactive quack cures that can be unambiguously linked to someone's death, specifically that of Eben Byers at age 51. He was the USA amateur golf champion 15 years earlier. The industry faltered and by 1950 Cold War propaganda had made such an industry unthinkable. Radiation dangers were exaggerated to prevent the proliferation of the A bomb. No one wanted to even encounter radiation! This avoidance of radiation has had a health cost since it is now known that radiation is a micro nutrient that prevents many cancers from occuring. Swiss experiments in a deep non radioactive mine in the 1960s showed that plants and animals could not reproduce and grow if there was no radiation at all.
Do Scientist Agree that Radon is Dangerous for Homeowners? There is little disagreement that breathing the hundreds of pCi/L of radon that caused thousands of uranium miners to get fatal lung cancer is definitely harmful. However miners are also in contact with carcinogenic
rare earth metals and other dangerous heavy metals. By the 1960s uranium mining was using carcinogenic solvents down in the mine itself. Uranium mining is dangerous by general agreement. However the safety of radon in homes is an area of controversy. Many scientists disagree with the USA EPA about what the level of radon should be before it should be reduced. The EPA studied the lung cancer risk of uranium miners exposed to 400 pCi/L. They assume the risk of a home owner exposed to 4 pCi/L to be one hundredth as much. Based on this assumption, the EPA guideline level of 4 pCi/L represents a much greater risk than allowed for other environmental pollutants. Other scientists have tested more than 70,000 homes across the United States. Cohen collected and published a huge USA study in 1995. This study of all USA county radon data shows the counties with the highest average radon levels had the lowest incidence of cancer. Radon showed a hormetic effect to prevent lung cancer. Perhaps, breathing the low levels of radon found in the home environment, might not be harmful. If the levels are low, such as is the case with radon therapy for arthritis or typical levels in our homes there is no danger. As far as radon safety in houses goes, there is conflicting research, but the largest study by Cohen which includes all the counties in the USA shows a bio-positive effect for radon in almost every county. A danger for smokers appears to be true in some counties. There is also evidence that nicotine damages the DNA repair mechanism. There is a multi billion dollar industry called the "radon mitigation industry" which proposes to pump radon from all of our basements. When looking at research on the effects of radon it is important to make sure that the research is not funded by this industry!
3000 Years of Radon Therapy There is historical evidence that radon and uranium have been in use for therapeutic purposes in Europe for thousands of years. Use of Radioactive Substances in the 1500s to reduce arthritis and improve health was happening in Germany in a silver mining town. People drank water from the mine and had yellow powder (uranium oxide) from the mine sewed into pockets in their clothing to treat arthritis. This is a quote from the article 100 yea rs of radon therapy by Klaus Becker. It was generally known since the Middle Ages that the miners in the silver miners of Saxony/Germany and nearby St. Joachimsthal in Bohemia (now Czech Republic), although working under very difficult and generally unhealthy conditions and frequently suffering (and dying early) from lung diseases ( K. Becker 2003), had less problems with arthritic and similar diseases than the rest of the population. Therefore, the miners had sometimes uranium containing ore residues sewn into their clothes. They drank water which originated in the mines, and the local population used pitchblende (U ore) packages for the external treatment of inflammatory diseases (W. Schüttmann 1987). A C. Bruschius already wrote in 1548 in a description of the high-radon Fichtelgebirge/Germany: “Here people get very old, have few diseases, and recover quickly if they have any.” On the Greek Island of Icharus there is a radon hot spring that has been popular for over 2500 years. It was used by the ancient Greeks. This healing hot spring has both radon and radium and it is still popular today. Such traditional knowledge of Radon therapy explains why Europe supports spa therapy in their medical systems.
To read the original paper click on link below. Use your browser back arrow to return to here. 100 Years of Radon Therapy in Europe
Radiation Hormesis Tools from Colorado Medicine Man (2012) Jay Gutierrez offers the following tools on his website http://nighthawkminerals.com . I am using these tools myself to promote health and to avoid prostate cancer.
Piece of Uranium Ore for Healing. Puts out approx. 180 uSv/hour for local use
Uranium neck pendant (4 uSv/hour approx)
Uranium ore mudpack for use in bed (20 uSv/hour)
(Historical Roots of Mudpack below)
The above uranium ore pad is the origin device for the mudpack and dates from 1920-1930
Small piece of Carnotite Uranium Ore (4 uSv/hour) This is a modern Revigator and is placed in a gallon jug of water overnight. (historical roots of Water Stone below)
Small picture of the Revigator (left), a similar device from (1 920-1940). On the right is the Thomas Cone, placed in water to generate radon (1930-1940).
Radiation Hormesis Experimental Tools - Microsec R&D Inc.
The thorite crystal was mounted in a silver ring and is used by placing the stone against the skin. It provides for acupuncture stimulation without using a needle. It has been found to trigger acupuncture responses and could be useful in developing countries where sterilization facilities needed for acupuncture needles are not available. These are for experimentation only and are not for sale. The ring puts out 85 MicroSievert/hour of nuclear radiation based on its uranium and thorium content. Radiation Hormesis Beads
These Uranium Glass Beads are used for Low Level Hormesis Therapy. They put out 6 MicroSieverts / hour. I personally wear them all the time where they have been useful for both allergies and immunity to colds and flu. Radiant-Beads.com Radiation Hormesis Beads for sale.
Radiation Hormesis Research in Japan Radiation Hormesis research in Japan has been carried out for a number of decades since they started to study their own people involved in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the initial bombing and deaths the remaining people who received the lower doses of radiation from nearby cities and towns were studied. This study continues today and it has been observed that no ongoing genetic mutations have been observed in Japanese families. It would appear that the genetic heritage is well protected naturally. These ongoing studies have shown longer lifespans and a lowered incidence of cancer in the people who surived the first 10 years. In addition Japan has the largest collection of healing hot springs in the world. Hot springs are extremely popular in Japan and the health of villages which host hot spring spas have been studied. Hormetic (positive) healing results have been observed in all the studies. Mifune (1992) (Mifune et al. 1992) and his co-workers indicated that in a spa area (Misasa), with an average indoor radon level of 35 Bq/m3, the lung cancer incidence was about 50% of that in a low-level radon region. Their results also showed that in the above mentioned high background radiation area, the mortality rate caused by all types of cancer was 37% lower.
The use of Radiation Hormesis in medicine is still experimental in Japan but they are 20 years into the work. It was Japanese scientists who helped to launch studies of radiation hormesis in Ontario Canada. McMaster University is the centre for this research in Canada but without the support of the Japanese researchers it would not have moved forward so quickly. Here are some links to leading edge Japanese research and researchers ... Radiation Hormesis Overview http://www.angelfire.com/mo/radioadaptive/inthorm.html http://www.mitosyfraudes.org/Ingles2/Sadao.html (Using Low-dose Radiation for Cancer Suppression and Vitalization)
Comparing Naturally Occurring Radiation to Nuclear Accident Releases like Fukushima The press consistently confuses naturally occurring radiation from that released by a nuclear accident such as at Fukushima in Japan. Naturally occurring radiation comes from Uranium and Thorium mainly which have a half life in excess of 4 billion years. Both give off a mild type of radiation dating back to the formation of the Earth. On the other hand, many radioactive components escaping from Fukushima have a half life of days, not billions of years. That means all the radiation is given off a million times more quickly ... and it could poison people. Please do not confuse natural radiation with man made isotopes which can be very dangerous.
One thing the Japanese have in their favour is the popularity of radon hot springs for healing. This means the Japanese people have developed an elevated resistance to the effects of radiation from their cultural hot spring bathing behaviour. Lets hope this protects them. For USA and Canadian folk worried about the tiny amounts of bad isotopes floating in from the ocean ... time to build up your immunity. Shop for beads at your local bead shop. The good ones are called vaseline or uranium glass beads. They are 2% uranium and give off very low levels of natural radiation which will build up your immunity to both diseases and to radiation.
The Major Radiation Hormesis Researchers in 2012 For further research please look at the scientific papers by the following researchers ... Dr T. Don Luckey of the USA: The original researcher to surprise the world by stating that radiation can be biopositive! Here he is with Jay Gutierrez, a medicine man from Colorado who heals with uranium and thorium ores. Luckey is in his 90s in this picture from the fall of 2011.
Dr. T. Don Luckey, pioneer of rad. hormesis and Medicine Man Jay Gutierrez
Webage about Radiation Hormesis written by Don Luckey in 2009 ... http://giriweb.com/luckey.htm#ldeux Douglas Boreham is a Radiation Biologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences, at McMaster University.
Professor Boreham is from Elliot Lake which was a small uranium mining town in Northern Ontario. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Ottawa in 1990 and worked for ten years as a Radiation Biologists for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. He moved to McMaster University in 2000 and in the past eight years has established four new state-of-the-art radiation biology laboratories to study the biological effects of low dose radiation exposures in humans and non-human biota. Professor Boreham has attracted millions of dollars in research support for McMaster University and is building Canada’s first biological microbeam to study the effects of a single alpha particle in cells. He has over 22 years of radiation research experience and his expertise involves radiation cancer risk and genetic effects of radiation on living systems. He has published more than fifty scientific research manuscripts and has won four major teaching awards since moving to McMaster University. He has been invited to give scientific and public lectures about radiation risk around the world. Doug Boreham has been conducting experiments in Hamilton Ontario with low level X ray suppression of cancers.
Jerry Cuttler of Mississauga Canada Since 1995, Dr. Cuttler has been assessing the health effects of ionizing radiation and drawing international attention to radiation hormesis. He presented tens of papers at many conferences pointing out that low exposures are stimulating for curing infections, extending life and reducing the incidences of cancer and congenital malformations. He organized adaptive
response sessions at nuclear energy conferences, inviting renowned radiobiologists to present remarkable evidence. He has urged many oncologists to use total-body low-dose radiation in cancer therapy. He has intervened with regulators with submissions that identify beneficial effects following low doses and debunk the LNT assumption. He arranged presentations by world specialists in low dose at hospitals, universities, nuclear centers and societies. He continues to communicate positive low dose information and fight politicized radiation scares on the Internet and at professional and social clubs. Dr. Cuttler is the recipient of 2011 International Dose-Response Society Award for O utstanding Career Achievement. The award is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of Dose Response
Edward Calabrese of the USA has advanced the theory of radiation hormesis through extensive experimentation.
Edward Calabrese, a professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded the Marie Curie Prize for “outstanding achievements in research on the effects of low and very low doses of ionizing radiation on human health and biotopes.” At an international conference this week at UMass Amherst, Andre Maisseu, president of the Paris-based World Council of Nuclear Workers, announced that Calabrese is the council’s 2009 Curie Prize winner. Maisseu saluted Calabrese during the annual meeting of the International Dose-Response Society, of which Calabrese, an environmental toxicologist, is a founder and current director. Maisseu said the prize recognizes an entire body of research that has improved scientific knowledge of low-dose ionizing radiation effects on human beings and biological communities. A formal award ceremony will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September.
Dr. Sadao Hattori is the now retired Vice President in charge of Nucl ear Energy of Japan's Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI). He directed Japan's research program on the effects of low-dose radiation, conducted at 14 universities. A 1959 graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology with a master's degree in nuclear engineering, Hattori r eceived his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo with a thesis on th e risk assessment of nuclear energy. He has been a guest professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and at the Nagoya Institute of Technology, and he has hel d his present position at CRIEPI since 1989. Hattori was interviewed by managing editor Marjorie Mazel Hecht in April 1997, and published in 21st Century Science & Technology . Summer 1997, Vol. 10, No. 2. Download a .pdf interview with Hattori outlining Japanese medical research using rad. hormesis.
The University of Ottawa hosts the International Centre for Low Dose Radiation Research. This is a great source. http://www.lowdose.uottawa.ca/projects.htm The two main researchers can be contacted through the mail addresses below.
Philippe Duport, Director, 555 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, ON. K1N 6N5
Russell Renaud Project Manager, 555 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, ON. K1N 6N5
There are many many other researchers in the field of Radiation Hormesis.
This is just a sample of the researchers.
These researchers will lead you to other researchers. The topic of Radiation Hormesis is a very hot topic in biology and many PhD papers have come out in the last few years on this subject.
Scientific Research Documents to Download (pdf format) 100 years of Radon Therapy History of Radon and Gas Therapy Cancer and Low level Radation Therapy by Jerry Cuttler. Hormesis, Historical Investigations. by Edward Calabrese Radiation Hormesis Overview Application of Low Doses of Radiation for Curing Cancer by Jerry M. Cuttler DSc.-Myron Pollycove MD-James S. Welsh MD Bathtub Experiments with Pitchblende to Replicate Healing Spring 1913 Becker, Health Effects of Radon in Europe Diabetes and low level hormesis by Hattori Hattori, Radiation Hormesis and Cancer Hormesis 2011 by T D Luckey Hormesis 641 by T D Luckey Hormesis using Internal and External Sources by T D Luckey Hormesis Examples including cancer Hormesis of Radon by Hattori Radiation Treatment of Gangrene from Early 20th Century DNA Repair Center Mechanism Understanding 2011 Low Dose Radiation in Medicine by Cuttler. Radiobiological basis of hormesis Misasa Cancer Mortality (japanese village with high radon water) Treatment using Radon for Arthritis type diseases High levels of natural radioactivity in Iran ... harmlessness shown Jerry Cuttler Receives award for research Radiation Hormesis, Demise of a Legitimate Hypothesis by Calabrese Muller Nobel Prize Speech misinformation about low doses Muller Nobel Prize Speech misinformation - expanded version
This page provides background research for the Idea Wave Conference talk in 2012 in Victoria BC Canada where Ian Soutar presented a talk on Radiation Hormesis on Feb 25 2011.
Making Your Own Radiation Hormesis Tools How to Find the Ideal Dose of Radiation for Disease Prevention The ideal dose of nuclear radiation to produce a maximum bio-positive effect can be found from the following dose diagram, originally from T. D. Luckey and modified by Jerry Cuttler for clarity in a paper published in April 2012.
ALARA = as low as reasonably achievable; AHARS = as high as reasonably safe. It should be noted that there is almost a 3 orders of magnitude difference! ALARA is the currently used standard resulting in the evacuation from Fukushima area towns. The following article by Dr. Jerry Cuttler questions the evacuation as unnecessary in the Dose Response website ... http://dose-response.metapress.com/link.asp?id=35766131k01w4103
Calculating Your Yearly Dose from Your Source In the discussion below the units shift from microsievert to millisieverts. To make this clear, we have shown the units as either Mi cro-Sievert or Milli-Sievert in the discussion. You can see from the above diagram Figure 3 that bio--positive effects can be seen to peak at 100 mGy =100 Milli-Sievert per year. A sievert is equal to a gray for calculation purposes. As an example: If you are continuously exposed to 11 Micro-Sievert/hour source that you wear 24/7 the dose will be ... 0.000011 * 24 * 365 = 97 Milli-Sievert/year which is cl ose to optimal. For general use I would recommend 5 beads source shown below in order to try it out. 5 beads put out 4 Micro-Sievert/hour or 35 Milli-Sievert/year. The above Figure 3 diagram suggests an almost equal degree of bio-protection as 8 beads provide. In the picture of myself below I am wearing 8 uranium glass beads that together produce 7 Micro-Sievert/hour. This results in a yearly dose of 61 Milli-Sievert/year. This will reduce cancers by about 40% as well as reducing infectious diseases (almost as well as 100 Milli-Sievert/year.) Wearing the beads below I have experienced the first winter of my life with no colds and no flus. My immunity is usually poor and for the last 40 years I have been sick for 1 to 2 weeks every winter with multiple colds and I almost always get the flu. Time will tell if this trend continues ... but I am unlikely to give up using the beads.
Wide Range of Safe and Effective Hormetic Dosages You can see from the diagram Figure 3 that doses from 10 Milli-Sievert per year to 1000 Milli-Sievert per year score at least a 35% reduction of cancers. This is a range of two orders of magnitude that is bio-positive! There is therefore a very wide range of dosages that produce the identical degree of protection within 5%. This means that by choosing a lower but effective dosage for protection of a population you will mitigate the problems for someone whose immune system is weakened. So when data becomes available it is expected that minimal levels would be adjusted according to the finding of the research in this area of health study. Here is Ian Soutar, me, wearing some beads. Being an old hippie I like them. These beads are approved for jewellery use and are completely safe. You can purchase these beads in many bead stores. Ask for uranium glass beads ... any glass (not plastic) beads that glow under UV light are the right kind. If they glow optimally
then they are 2% uranium.
Making Radiation Hormesis Tools Using Uranium Glass Beads One medium sized bead (1 cm across) produces 1 Micro-Sievert/hour. These are my standard beads which I can sell if you cannot find them in your area. We would prefer that you find a local source of Uranium Glass Beads, but we can send some out on special request or suggest suppliers. Ours are also calibrated but with the wide range of strengths shown by the above chart that are biopositive you can see this is generally not needed. 5 beads in the 1 centimeter diameter size will do the job. Someone will need a geiger counter and they can help many people in your town to find true uranium glass beads. A UV or Black Light is another option to identify uranium glass beads because they glow green under UV light. The key fact is that GLASS beads can only be made to fluoresce with the addition of uranium. Plastic beads are useless! Uranium glass is widely available, having been popular worldwide since the 1830s. Some sources suggest that uranium glass was used in ancient Roman villa tilework in 70 AD. Uranium glass is still produced today for specialized markets such as beads, marbles, stained glass sheets for church windows. as well as for cups and plates, bowls etc. Boyd Art Glass of Ohio is just one example. There is an abundance of this kind of items in antique stores and it is fun to track them down, either with a geiger counter or a portable black (UV) light. I prefer the light because it is quicker. There is no shortage of ideal strength glass materials. They are very safe to handle and approved for jewellery.
Uranium glass beads glowing in UV
Uranium glass marbles glowing in UV
Find Your Own Beads! Why not find your own with a geiger counter or UV light. The beads are commonly available, particularly from the Czech republic where they are traditional. Check your local bead shop. Each bead is always in the range of 0.5 to 2.0 microsievert/hour output. If you use 5 of any design of jewellery grade uranium glass beads you will be receiving a radiation dose in the biopositive range.
My Own Healing Experiences with Radiation Hormesis Here I am wearing some uranium glass beads. Being an old hippie, I like wearing beads.
Ian Soutar, Victoria BC Canada I am an electronic product developer who uses microcontrollers and analog electronics to create industrial and medical tools. My business in Victoria BC Canada is called Microsec R&D Inc. The Microsec webpage is at http://microsec.net. We began making geiger counters after the Fukushima accident in March of 2011. After designing them I wondered if I could find a source to mail out with each unit. I discovered uranium glass was available from the local bead shops. It worked as a mail out source for geiger counters. Then I started to look at the safety ... and found that they were 100% safe. Then with a little more research I stumbled across T. D. Luckey's writing and emailed him for more information. He introduced me to Jerry Cuttler, who lives in Ontario where I met him in 2011. These people introduced me to others in the hormesis field and I started collecting science papers. That is the origin of this library. I personally found it very hard to discard the propaganda of the 1960s. As a kid we had atomic bomb practices at school etc. People were building bomb shelters. I saw the regulations coming as a kid. I played in the Ranwick Uranium mine near Sault Ste Marie as a kid collecting radioactive samples using a friend's dad's geiger counter. There were no regulations to speak of in 1959. This was a major hobby between the ages of 9 and 12.I slept with my radioactive rocks under my pillow and on the night table. On my pillow was the toy spinthariscope that you could look at in the night and see the sparkling scintillation with your own eye that represented nuclear energy activity. Suddenly the new regulations came into play by 1961 and my parents threw away my rock collection. All the cool Atomic Experimenters Kits for Kids disappeared from the hobby shops. In 2011 I called all my childhood friends that played in the Ranwick Uranium Mine. We had all been told to expect problems later in life from our radiation exposure. But when I called them, all were healthy, none had had cancer. In 2011, after emailing T. Don Luckey I started ordering samples of radioactive minerals on ebay. Since I had a geiger counter to select the strength of stone I could start scientifically irradiating myself to improve health. I bought some minerals from Thailand (pure thorite crystals) and some radiation hormesis tools from Nighthawk Minerals. The effects were immediately evident. The first day of self irradiation an allergy that had developed to my favourite cat completely disappeared never to return. Later my arthritis pain mostly disappeared. The mudpack is to be recommended for pain control. My wife and I both use it and it provides for non pharmaceutical pain relief. Most of the time (24/7) I wear pendant sources between 4 micro-sievert/hour to 11 micro-sievert/hour resulting in a yearly exposure between 35 and 97 millisievert. Starting in March or April 2011 I have been accepted into a university scientific study at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario to look at my blood using a dose-response method. They can detect changes in my immune reactions. Looking at the 5000 year history of radiation hormesis based healing through natural hot springs it has been and remains of great benefit. Population studies worldwide show that in areas of high natural radiation there are 30% fewer cancers and also 20% fewer genetic mutations. Europe and Asia have gotten over the Cold War propaganda about the dangers of low level naturally occurring radiation. Here in North America however the fear of natural nuclear radiation has not lifted and as we establish more and more rules to lower the background radiation level people's health will decline. It is very important that this basic mode of healing that has been with us for 5000 years or more be embraced just as it was in Ancient Greece and also in 2012 throughout much of Europe and Asia.
Future Work
The purpose of this website is to overcome the nuclear propaganda of the Cold War that still haunts North America. There are several directions we can go from here ... 1/ This site can be a place for amateur and professional scientists to report their discoveries share ideas. If you have comments or wish to add material or offer corrections ... please do not hesitate to email me. 2/ There are a few hundred people doing the same experiments ... should we create a section of the web for health effects that people report? 3/ Should we have a chat area for live discussions? Happy Experimenting ...
Ian Soutar
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Other sites by Ian Soutar include ... Microsec R&D Inc. Electronic Product Development and Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Research. Rattail Antenna Antenna Booster developed by Microsec R&D Inc. Nickel Iron Battery Association Edison's Nickel Iron Manufacturers and History. Radiant-Beads.com Radiation Hormesis Beads for sale.
